An exchange of bullets between the police and a group of armed robbers on the Atebubu-Yeji highway in the Bono East Region has left two of the robbers dead.
The Ghana News Agency (GNA) gathered that the armed robbers had earlier stormed, attacked and robbed traders, and shot one person dead.
A reliable police source told the GNA that the robbery attack happened at Kobre, a community along the stretch around 2000hours Sunday July 6, 2025, when the traders were returning from the Yeji market to Atebubu.
The police highway patrol team chanced on the robbers which led to the exchange of firearms, the source stated, adding that one of the robbers was able to escape with a gunshot wound.
One of the robbery victims, also a trader, told the GNA that the body of Mohammed Suraji Raweisu, 38 years old and popularly known as “Suker” a livestock keeper had since been buried according to the Islamic faith.
He spoke to the GNA on condition of anonymity, saying the armed robbers who had laid ambush fired sporadic gunshots which hit the deceased who was sitting behind the driver.
Sensing danger, the driver stopped the vehicle and fled to the bush for safety, saying the robbers robbed them of their money, mobile phones and other valuables. They also succeeded in robbing other passengers who were using the stretch.
Some residents of Kobre heard about the incident, however when they arrived at the scene the robbers had fled, and they took the body to the Yeji Matthias Hospital mortuary.
